We have finally done it, ordered, built and lined the raised beds.
We opted for trough style ones and bought two measuring 180x70cm and one at 100x70cm all the planters are 80cm tall. They are from a company called Zest4Lisure and we found them on a brilliant offer at Robert Dyas.
The reason we chose the trough style planters is that they are deep enough for what we want to grow, we will do potatoes in bags rather than in the planters to maximise the space we have.
They arrived on a pallet and just needed to be screwed together. We had read differing reviews on how easy they are to assemble. Armed with a power drill Mr MC&W had them up in no time, completing the task on his own and in the rain.
The next stage was to line them, I went to the garden centre with a drawing of the troughs and the dimensions and asked for some help. They were brilliant they worked it out for us and cut it to size.
We then had to fit the liner ourselves, this you defiantly need a good staple gun, a pair of scissors or a knife and the ability to wrap presents.
We used the squares as the measurements, the depth was two squares and then we worked out how many long and wide the base was and added two squares to the four sides and cut out the rectangle. Firstly we stapled the bottom then we attempted to make the corners look good. Let's say we will not be offered a job as an elf.
Calculating the amount of compost needed was not too hard as the company we are getting it from had a calculator on their website. Most sites have tools that can help you with this if you do a google search.
That should arrive this week and the children are still on holiday so will be put to work.... now lets get some ideas of what we are going to plant.
We opted for trough style ones and bought two measuring 180x70cm and one at 100x70cm all the planters are 80cm tall. They are from a company called Zest4Lisure and we found them on a brilliant offer at Robert Dyas.
The reason we chose the trough style planters is that they are deep enough for what we want to grow, we will do potatoes in bags rather than in the planters to maximise the space we have.
They arrived on a pallet and just needed to be screwed together. We had read differing reviews on how easy they are to assemble. Armed with a power drill Mr MC&W had them up in no time, completing the task on his own and in the rain.
The next stage was to line them, I went to the garden centre with a drawing of the troughs and the dimensions and asked for some help. They were brilliant they worked it out for us and cut it to size.
We then had to fit the liner ourselves, this you defiantly need a good staple gun, a pair of scissors or a knife and the ability to wrap presents.
We used the squares as the measurements, the depth was two squares and then we worked out how many long and wide the base was and added two squares to the four sides and cut out the rectangle. Firstly we stapled the bottom then we attempted to make the corners look good. Let's say we will not be offered a job as an elf.
Here they are all completed and once filled with soil and a final tidy up should be fit for propose.
That should arrive this week and the children are still on holiday so will be put to work.... now lets get some ideas of what we are going to plant.
The hard work is done - the best bit (growing the veg) is yet to come!
ReplyDeleteYou really will reap some rewards soon from all that hard work. Will look great! #Stayclassymama
ReplyDeleteNice job! They are going to look great. Can't believe you made the other half put them together in the rain though! (Then again, sounds rather familiar...) #MyGloriousGardens
ReplyDeleteWow, they look impressive! I'll look forward to seeing what you choose to plant in them. Thanks for linking up with #Blogstravaganza :)
ReplyDeleteOoh looking forward to seeing what you decide to plant. You have worked so hard on these and they look great. Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tutorial. I wish you could just come and sort the plants in my balcony. They are all dead :( #thank you for sharing with #Stayclassymama
ReplyDeleteThis is so impressive, and exactly what we want to do in our new yard! I have bookmarked you! Thank you lovely! #stayclassymama xoxo
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